Maps of Time
An Introduction To Big History. Forew. by William H. McNeill
(Sprache: Englisch)
"You've all seen the poster of the milky way galaxy with an arrow to a point about halfway out from the center and the caption, 'You are here.' This book is like that only more so. It locates the human experience in the entirety of space-time."--Alfred...
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"You've all seen the poster of the milky way galaxy with an arrow to a point about halfway out from the center and the caption, 'You are here.' This book is like that only more so. It locates the human experience in the entirety of space-time."--Alfred Crosby, author of "Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900"
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Maps of Time “
Introduction: A Modern Creation Myth? 1. The First 300,000 Years: Origins of the Universe, Time, and Space 2. Origins of the Galaxies and Stars: The Beginnings of Complexity 3. Origins and History of the Earth 4. The Origins of Life and the Theory of Evolution 5. The Evolution of Life and the Biosphere 6. The Evolution of Humans 7. The Beginnings of Human History 8. Intensification and the Origins of Agriculture 9. From Power over Nature to Power over People: Cities, States, and Civilizations 10. Long Trends in the Era of Agrarian Civilizations 11. Approaching Modernity 12. Globalization, Commercialization, and Innovation 13. Birth of the Modern World 14. The Great Acceleration of the Twentieth Century 15. Futures
Autoren-Porträt von David Christian
David Christian is Professor in the Department of History at San Diego State University. He is the author of Living Water: Vodka and Russian Society on the Eve of Emancipation (1990), Imperial and Soviet Russia: Power, Privilege and the Challenge of Modernity (1997), and A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia: Volume 1: Inner Eurasia from Prehistory to the Mongol Empire (1998).
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: David Christian
- 2011, 2nd rev. ed., 672 Seiten, 47 Abbildungen, Masse: 15,4 x 3,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: University of California Press
- ISBN-10: 0520271440
- ISBN-13: 9780520271449
Sprache:
Englisch
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"A remarkable work of synthesis and scholarship. . . . Christian's Olympian perspective on the story of time is exhilarating."-P. D. Smith, The Guardian
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